Episode 19 - Two Concepts of Liberty

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Liberal Reads

European Liberal Forum

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A series of crises has put many liberal ideas under question. Inspired by a popular commercial concept, Liberal Reads are packaged in an easily accessible format that provides key insights in 30 minutes or less. The aim of Liberal Reads is to revisit and rethink classical works that have defined liberalism in the past, but also to introduce more recent books that drive the debate around Europe’s oldest political ideology. Liberal Reads may also engage critically with other important political, philosophical, and economic books through a liberal lens. Curated by Antonios Nestoras, PhD.

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Episode 19 - Two Concepts of Liberty

Liberal Reads

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2 years ago

Episode 19 - Two Concepts of Liberty

BOOK REVIEW - Isaiah Berlin "Two Concepts of Liberty" (1958)

By Luke Hallam

The twentieth-century thinker Isaiah Berlin was more interested in the history of philosophy than in philosophy per se. His most famous contribution in this vein is his 1958 essay “Two Concepts of Liberty.” On the surface, it is an attempt to distinguish between two types of freedom: one “negative” or "freedom from", and the other “positive” or "freedom to".

More specifically, however, Berlin is concerned with the vague boundaries that pertain between the two. He focuses his attention on the inherent ambiguities of the concept of freedom itself, suggesting that unless we are clear about what exactly the concept of “liberty” can and cannot do for us, we will end up misusing it, sometimes with devastating consequences.